Kara Saunders Announces Pregnancy, Out for 2019 Season

The loaded field of women at the CrossFit Games will be missing one of it’s top podium threats in 2019.

Kara Saunders, 4th place at the 2018 Reebok CrossFit Games, and 2nd fittest woman on earth in 2017, will forgo the 2019 season due to pregnancy.

Saunders made the announcement Monday via instagram. In true CrossFit fashion, she posted a photo of herself alongside husband Matt Saunders, sporting weight vests and an adorable stuffed Koala, with a whiteboard sign stating “Baby She Bear, Due May 2019.”